Key-guard.



UNITED sTA'rEsrA'raNT onniciii.

.tarimaDE. riniantaaiiafiiiin sYLViN DE riiniiiiariiiiianoii.QARDENA.fcALiiio-RNIA. .i

mY-Gump.

No. Q02,94M i'Specification.plipetterslatentr. n, ;Patented'llov, 3 18087 Appiiaaon' filed Jiiiy 14, isos. serial No. 443.547;

T all whom it may concern:- when the guard .plate is folded dowrc, resti Beit known that we, ARTHUR DE PAEMET' against the guide plate.' 1A airdspaces the LAERE a'nd SYiiviN DE PAEMELAERE, both guard plate 7 from Athe gudeplate 1 leavy:- citizensof the United States, residing at Grar-` in a recess ada ted to receive tli'ev` key as dena', in the 'county of Los Angeles and State wi be described), the stud 1'() being" off a -60 of California, have invented a new and useful length which holds the guard plate -wsub- Key-Guard, of which the following isa specistantially parallel with the guide plate# iication. A locking stud 11 is also secured"to the" This invention relates to a devic which is guard plate 7 and has a shoulder 12 adaptede n 10 adapted tobe applied, on the insi e of the to rest against the guide plate 1 While its lock V65 door, tothe key and engaged with the lock to. ing portion'l is adav ted to project throul hprevent the vkey from beingturned from the any one of a series o holes 14 formed in the outside, it being so constructed that the key guide late 1, the adisting plate 3 having a cannot be turned from the outside by employsingle liole 15 through which the lockingfpor` i 15 ing-pincers', wiresyor any other tools from the tion 13 also rejects so :that whethe ard '110` biirglars kit.` plate 7 is fol ed parallel 'with the guide p ate 1 Another object of the invention is to so the locking ortion of` the studll. positively construct" the device that it may be readily locks the a justiing 'late 3 against s'lidirigattached to or detached from'the key and movement in thej4 gui e plate 1. In order toj -1 inay be easily folded into compact form conprevent the guard plate 7 `frornlieing swung: 75

veulent for carrying inthe pocket. The deu to withdraw the. locking stud 11 except",v vice is of es ecial advantage ,for traveling when desiredffa clasp lis "rovided whichis nien or house old use. pivoted at 17 at one edge cti the guard plate 7 A further object 'of the inventionV is to so and has a hooksha ed ,portion18,` the latter construct the device that it may bereadily havin a hole 19 W `eh is ada ted to spring" S0" ad'usted to lit any size of key. over te lower end of the locking portion y13 eerring to the drawings Figure 1 is a perand thus when in this position the hook 18 is s ectiv'eA view of a portion ofthe inside of the prevented from swinging out by the locking oor and lock showing'the ke inserted in the portion 13 of the stud 11, while the hookl'S lock yand Atlij'eliey turned to ocking position in turn prevents the guard plate 7 froin'being 85 with the' guard applied in operative position swung up. y A, to prevent the key being turned; Fig. 2 is a A loc-king dog 20 is Vcarried-on a pintle 21 plan view of the guard'with the hinged plate journaled at 22km the guide late 1 and'the' l removed. Fig. 13 .isf a; cross section on line ocking dog .20 may be olde to lie between y' :c3-xa Fig. 2. Fi 4 is a perspective of the the guide plate 1 and guard plate 7 as shown 90 uard when folde for carrying in the dpocket. in Fig. 4 for car ing in the pocket, or it may g. 5 is a sectional plan View of the a justing be extended as s own in Figs. land 2 to roplate.' V ject through the ke'yhple 23 into the loc 24 The guard comprises a rectangular ide as shown in Fig. 1 'to prevent the key from 40 late 1 having its edges down turne and' turning when the device is applied. The 95 ent inwardly to form guides 2. Arranged locking dog has a projection 25 which is below the idelplate 1 and slidably mounted ada ted to rest against the lower face of the in the gui es 2 is an ad'ustin plate 3 having gui e plate 1 to prevent the locking do f roin a longitudinaljslot' 4 t roug which a rivet eirig turned too farover and to holo it in 5 projects there being a washer 6 at the line with thc guide plate 1 when 1t is ex- 10i lower end of the rivet 5 serving to aid in ietended. j taining the adjusting plate and the rivet also 26 desi nates the key which in Fig. 1 is acting as a sto to imit the extreme slidin shown `as aving been `turned in the lock to movement of lie adjusting plate. A guar lock the door, and when the key is in this po'- plate 7 is hinged at 8 to the upturned end of sition the device may be applied. to the key 105 the adjusting late A3 and has its free end by rst opening guard plate 7, then swinging curved u ward y at 9 enabling it to be easily out the ocking dog 2O to extend sti-aight grasped y the fingers to swing it upwardly from the guide plate 1, then slipping the lock when desired. A stud 10 is secure to the ing dog 20 through the key hole under the guard plate 7 and acts as a'leg or stop which key and bringing the guide plate 1 up close 110 45 guard plate closed.

1n guard plate j7 an 15 'push the guard ldevice oli from the ke 30 date di erent lengthsv 35 'when Athe guard plate under the key, then swinging down the guard plate 'l's'o that the studs 10 and 11 lie on o `posits dides-of the key 26,V then Swingin t 1e clasp 1S .into lookin osition to ho'l 4the Vlien the guards are in thsnposition it will be observed that the key 261s securely fastened to the device and-cannot-be turned with' res ect to the device as the lat'bow .27.0 the ey lies between the 4guide plate 1, while the guarditself is prevented rom turning by reason of the lockingV dog which fits sulicientl close in the key hole vand lock. It shouldr be noted that if it is atteniptd 'Ito f 1n.. sertln a wire from the'ou'tside oT t clock that t `e studs and 11 will strike the bow 27 of the key and thus prevent the uard from being nhoved further. inward an( the key of course cannotL move inward as it is already turned in the lhck to locking position.

The device n'iay readily be detached from the key and folded to be carried in thei pocket by first releasin clasp 18, then swinging up V guard plate 7 w ich allows the device to be withdrawn and then the guards may be folded into t e position shown in Fig. 4. The adjusting late 3 may be shiftedlongitudinall V on the guide. plate 1 to accomrnoy of keys, the several holes 14 enabling the locking stud 11 to be inserted when the adjusting ous positions so thatl the atter is always locked positively against sliding motion 7 is closed. 'What We claim is: 1. A key guard comprising an adjusting plate slidable t lplate adapted to .for :detachably locking the 'locking stud, and a ate 3 is in variuide'plate and adaptedto project into they a guide plate, ereon,.aguard late hinged. to the adjusting' plate, and a 40- ockingdog on the guide guard plate andguide plate being adapted to receive the protruding portion o the key.

2. A key uard rcomprising a guide plate h ving its e ges bent to form guides, an adj stinglplate slidable in said guides, a guard late in'ed'to the adjusting plate, means or detac ably locking the position substantially para] el to the guide plate, and a locking dog on'the guide plate. key guard comprising a guide plate ha ing its edges bent to form guides, an ladjus in@r plate slidablin said guides, a guard'- plate hinged to th'e adjusting plate, means uuard plate .in a position substantially para ellto the guide plate, and a locking dogon ,the guide plate and hinged thereto jv' ereby it is adapted to be extended to project into the key hole or to be folded lbetween the guide plate and guard, i n

4. A key guard comprising a guide plate havin a series of holes, an yadjusting late slidah e 4on the guide plateand having a ole, a guardl plate hinged to theadjusting plate, a stud 'on the guard plate adapted to rest against Vthe guilde plate, a locking stud fon the uard' plate in aguide plate adapted to projlct through a hole in the guide plate and the ole'in the adjust- .ing plate, a clasp hingedto the guard plate and4 adapted to e age the guide plate and ocking'dog hinged to the e hole..

n testimony whereof,l we have hereunto Y set our hands at Los Angeles, Californiafthis seventh da of July, 1908.

' AIVTHUR DE IPAEMEL ERE. SYLVINDE PAEMEL In presence of- G. T. HACKLEY, y i,

. FRANKL.' A. GRAHAM. 

